Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Human Remains Unearthed in El Salvador
The burial pit included 26 complete skeletons, four partial skeletons and three skulls, and may be the earliest known human sacrifice evidence in Mesoamerica.
- On Tuesday, archaeologists in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, exhumed human remains estimated to be nearly 3,000 years old, dating to around 850 B.C., the Ministry of Culture said.
- Archaeologist Carlos Flores Manzano, a doctoral candidate at Yale University, directed the excavation at the Pasaje 4 site under the National Directorate of Cultural Heritage supervision.
- Excavators uncovered a small Usulutan-style ceramic vessel shaped like a sea turtle alongside two ancient cassava cultivation furrows preserved beneath layers of volcanic ash.
- The Ministry of Culture announced the remains will undergo radiocarbon and DNA testing to determine their age and sex; the site may contain burials similar to those at Chalchuapa.
- This discovery could become one of the oldest pre-Hispanic burials in Mesoamerica, providing new information about populations that inhabited the region more than two thousand years ago.
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Ancient Burial Uncovered in El Salvador - Archaeology Magazine
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR—Phys.org reports that a burial estimated to be 3,000 years old has been discovered in western El Salvador. The human remains had been placed face down in the pit, which also contained a ceramic vessel shaped like a sea turtle and cassava branches preserved by layers of volcanic ash. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis are planned for future research. Archaeologists suspect that additional burials will be found in the ar…
The human remains were found face down and their exact age will be determined by radiocarbon dating. DNA analysis will also be carried out.
Archaeologists Exhume Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Remains Near San Salvador : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
Archaeologists exhumed human remains estimated to be nearly 3,000 years old on the outskirts of San Salvador, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement. The remains form part of a pre-Hispanic burial discovered at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlán, a district in the metropolitan area of San Salvador (municipality of La […] The post Archaeologists Exhume Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Remains Near San Salvador appeared first on The T…
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Nearly 3,000-year-old human remains unearthed in El Salvador
The remains were found face down and will undergo radiocarbon dating to determine their age.
The finding, located in Antiguo Cuscatlán, on the outskirts of San Salvador, dates from approximately 850 BC and could provide new data on the first populations that inhabited the Mesoamerican region.
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